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GASHED BY A KNIFE.
MutiIated Body of Perry Durham
Found by Hunters.
His Wife and Little Girl Lay Close
Together Horribly Butchered.
Three Parties Burned in House
Whose Doors Were Bolted.
A Bomb Intended for Patti Explcdes
in thu Hands Of d Crank.
DImagts by Floods Reported in the
Northeast.
RPutaIlv Mart raf


FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 10.-Ten
miles northeast of Warsaw just west
of here party of hunters yesterday
found the mutilated remains of Perry
Durham near his residence. In his
house they discovered little two-yeaT-
old girl with her throat cut and Mrs
Durham near by was alive but so bad
~ cut as to be insensible. The
hogs had eaten Dunham's face
and horribly mutilated him.
Mrs. Durham has eight wounds.
all made with a knife. Ths child
throat was cut from ear to ear, and it
lay on the floor some six feet from its
mother. The theory of the murder is
that it was done for robbery, as few
days ago Durham sold two hundred
bushels of wheat for $50 and some
calves for 500. Only 50 of this money
was found IN the house. Another
theory is that Durham was insane and
after numbering his wife and child
committed suicide.
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proposed legislation. Persons seeking
TO obtain the pension provided by this
section must be now or hereafter
FIRST, suffering from mental or physical
disability. Second, such disability must
not be 1.-THE result OF their own vicious
habits or gross careleSsness. :"
Inlrd, such disability must
be such as incapacitates them
| for the performance of labor in such a
degree as to render them unable to earn
support. Fourth-They must be de
pendent upon their daily labor for sup
port" Fifth-Upon proof of these con-
ditions they shall s'be placed on the lists
OF invalid pension of the United States,
and be entitled to receive for such total
inability to procure subsistence by daily
labor S12 per month"; 1t is not probable
inability to procure their subsistence by
daily labor, !" at all qualify the conditions
prescribed in the preceding language of
the section. The total inability spoken
of must be such ability that is. the
ability already described and constituted
by the conditions already detailed in the
previous parts of the section.
In my last annual message the fol-
lowing language was used: Every pa
triotic heart responds to tender con-
sideration for those who having served
their country long and well are reduced
to restitution and dependence, not as
an incident of their service, but with
advancing age or through sickness or
misfortune. We are all tempted by the
contemplation of such condition to
supply relief, and are often impatient
of the limitations of the public
duty yielding to one in the
desire to indulge this feeling of consid-
GRAFTON. l cannot rid myself of the
conviction that if these eX-soldiers are
to be relieved they and their cause are
entitled to the benefit of an enactment
under which relief may be claimed as u
right, and that such relief should be
granted under the sanction of law not
invasion of it, nor should such worthy
objects of care, all equally entitled, be
remstted to the unequal operation of
sympathy or the tender mercieS of civil
or political influences with their unjust
determinations. ] do not think that
the objects, the conditions and the linn
itations thus suggested are contained
in the bill under consideration. l add
here to the sentiments thus heretofore
expressed; but the evil threat
ened by this bill is in my
opinion such that charged with a
great responsibility in behalf of the
people I cannot do otherwise than to
bring to the consideration of this meas
ure my best efforts of thought and
judgment and perform my constitu-
tional duty in relation thereto, regard
less of all consequences. except such as
appear to me to be related to the best
and highest interests of the country.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Elk. Mansion, Wash, Feb. II. '87.
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Their BusInoes Booming

such a general revival of trade at B.
Wheldon's drug store as their giving
away to their customers of so many
free trial bottles of DIR. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. Their
trade is simply enormous in this very
valuable article, from the fact that it
always cures and never disappoints.
Coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis.
Group, and all throat and lung diseases
quickly cured: You can test it before snr
large size 81. Every bottle warranted.
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CHICAGO, Feb, 10.-A special to the
l nter-Ocean from Des Moines, Iowa,
s avs: News was received here yester-
day of an accident or tragedy That oc-
Cured about six miles northwest of
jefferson. 4 small farm house occu-
pied by a man named Sackfam was en-
tirely consumed at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon and Sacklam's aged father
and wife and son were burned to death.
Two neighboring women saw the
flames and tried to get into the house,
but the doors were fastened. This, to
gether with the tact that a gun and re-
volver were found near the charred Fe-
mains of the old man, indicate foul
play, possibly murder and suicide.
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Cattle l. .sses tncroa-InE.

BISMARCK, Feb. lO-Reports are
coming in daily from the ranges near
Blunt of loss of cattle, owing to a
scarcity of feed and insufficient pro-
lection from the severe winter weather
There has been snow on the ground
continuously since the middle of No
vember, and it has been necessary to
feed during that time. All straw piles,
one, two and three years old have been
bought up by cattlemen and 81 per
load is readily paid where it can he
found on ground for wheat straw. The
losses already reach from eight to
twenty Der cent
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a ~pr,..o-.e Emo. with a tragedy

MINNEAPoIIs, Mimi, Feb. 11.-As
the curtain was falling at the Theatre
Comique last night, the body Of a man
was seen to fall from the upper pro
scenium box on the left of the stage.
He struck squarely on his head, near
the edge of the stage, and rolled into
the orchestra. Death was instantane-
Gus, the neck being dislocated. The
unfortunate man was Thomas +. Nc
Gowan, a well known citizen of Du-
luth. McGOwan had fallen into a
light doze. After the play was con-
Guided he was awakened and rose to
his feet, preparing to leave. Suddenly
he took step backward, and before
his Mortified friends could catch him.
fell over the box railing.
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BoSToN, Feb. l2-The. Cambridge
horse railroad started car for Boston
and it is expected that others viii be
run to-day. There is no interference
with the ears progress other than the
usual yelling and hOOting by hoodiums.
On the south Boston road a large force
of police is scattered along the routes.
The south Boston company propose to
run cars tonight if police protection
is assured.
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+ CHICAGO, Feb, 11.-Rain which had
been falling in this city yesterday
turned into driving sleet and snow
storm last evening and continued to
prevail all of last night and this MORN
ing the temperature was standing at
twenty degrees above zero with a
strong wind prevailing. Telegraph
wires are working badly in all direc-
tions and the local telephone Service
is entirely crippled over certain por-
tions of the city. The telegraph ser
vice is such that only a few wires are
working either to fine east or north
west
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RuelxIen,g Arnlea aalve

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fe-
yer sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and skin eruptions and
positively cures piles, or no pay re.
quired. It is guaranteed to give per.
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale by B
WhaldnH
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Glad 10 Get Back

New YORK, Feb. l2.-Following a
declaration of District Assembly ~
that the strike was off there was Il
general rush of 'longshoremen and
freight handlers along the whole river
front this morning to get back to work.
AT some piers along East river the
strikers had not even waited for or
ders from headquarters, but had crept
back to work on the best terms they
could make. AS early as O'Clock
gangs of strikers were seen around
piers waiting to catch the foremen and
superintendent as they came to their
respective piers AT the main steam
ship company pier all old hands re-
turned; at Clyde, Mallory and Ward
piers, also, many of the old hands had
found way back back, but in no way
were they recognized as unionists.
By Monday it is expected business of
the companies will have resumed its
normal shape
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win Not Yield.

PTTTsBURG, Feb. 1.-THE coke syn
dictate declines to yield to the objection
raised by the furnace men to the add
vance in the price of coke. The mem
bers claim that they are running their
business on business principles, and
coke should be, or they would be sell
ing for 30 cents a ton now. They sim
ply raised the price to $500 II ton be-
cause they thought it was worth that
price and they consider the furnace men
had no more right than they had to be
consulted when the price Of pig iron
was raised
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Raaro for WDman Life.

LIVINGSTON, Mont, Feb. 12.-There
is serious apprehension that there will
be an appalling loss of human lives in
Montana. Snow began falling in the
middle of November and there is now
more of it on the ground than for ten
years. Most of the stage roads are en-
tirely closed up and trains are running
at irregular intervals, some being four
and five days apart, and the supply of
fuel is almost exhausted. Three days
ago coal was selling at $50 ton at Fl.
Benton, and now it can hardly be had
at any price. The snow is drifted
to enormous depths and people living
at Mountain Pass are in imminent
danger of meeting horrible fate be-
meath an avalanche or freezing to
death. Should another protracted
storm occur it is believed hundreds
would succumb to it's terrorS. AS it is,
more people have been frozen to death
this winter than for a quarter of a
century.
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He.aau.r,sr. OF ,n.. =. Of.

PHILADELPHIA, February u - The
Knights of labor have purchased prop
erty on north Broad street for S65. GOO
and it viii be filled up with Offices to
be occupied as general headquarters
OF the order of the United States and
Canada
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KxpIoTars azns.aare,i

CAPE Town, Feb. 1O.-Traders from
the interior report that the explorer
DR.. Holub, his wife and entire party
accompanying him, have been mas
sacred by natives.
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Omcers Elected.

LAWRENCE, Kas., Feb. 1.-THE
Western National Fair association met
in this city to-day and elected officers.
William Evatt of Lawrence was again
chosen president. The next fair will
be held at Bismarck Grove from Sep
fa4nber 5 To 10
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Manninr 1Ga1a Preasdsnt.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-The Western
National bank was organized yester.
day by the election of Secretary Man
ming as president, United States Treas
urer Jordan as vice president, and F
B. Sandenhorn as cashier.
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efRneI by 1he GoVernor.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb, 10.-Gover-
nor Beaver has signed the joint resOlu-
ton for the submission of prohibitory
constitutional amendment to the people
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Orra,x,. Murder Avenged

BRIsBANA, Feb. l0-The Queensland
expedition, which went TO New Guinea
to avenge the murder of Captain
Craig, two sailors and six MaIays of
the ship Emily. by natives last Octo-
Der, has returned. The enterprise
was entirely successful. y native
chief was responsible for the murder
and was caught, beheaded, and the
village where he and his accomplices
lived burned
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1aV1ee IA M01ReTn.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens
tbs gums, allGys al pain, cures wind
collie, and Is the best remedy for dfaf.
Fhea, Twenty-Five eents bottle.
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A CHILD'S SKIN,
Ears and scalp CoVere d with Ecze'
matous ,Sc abs and Sores
Cured by CutIcuTa,

MY little son, aged eight years, has been
1X1 afflicted with Eczema of the scalp, and at
times u great portion of the body, ever since
he was two years old. 1t began in his ears,
and extended to his scalp. which became COW
sticky fluid poured out, causing intense itch
ing and distress, and leaving his hair matted
was raw, like u piece of beefsteak. Gradually
the hair came out and was destroyed, until
head. My friends in Peabody know how my
little boy has suffered. At night he would
with blood. | used TO tie his hands behind
him. and in many ways tried to prevent him
scratch. took him to the hospital and to the
best physicians in Peabody without success
About this time some friends, who had been
cured by the CUTICURA REMEDIES. prevailed
upon me to try them. l began TO use them ON
cry particle of the disease was removed Not
II spot or rcab remains ON his scalp TO tell the
and il thick and strong, and his scalp Us sweet
and clean as any chiId's in the world. can
this Wonderful cure by the CirTiCURA RENB-
DIES. and wish all similarly afflicted TO know
gcration CHARLES MCKAY,
Oct. d. 1885. Peabody, Mass
fected with the Eczema. he pitiful
sight to luck at. | know that he has tried our
for a suffering child. hut awaited nothing. i
know that the statements he has made You a.
regards the curing of his boy by your CUTl-
WILLIAM J. MCCARTHY.
80 Foster St, Peabody, Mass.
do not know of any Instance in which the
Cuticura remedies have failed 10 produce sat
isfactory results. l believe have sold more
of them than OF any other skin remedies
have ever handled during the thirty-three
years of my experience as n druggist.
A. ID. TYRON, Batavia, N. Y.
Sold everywhere. Price Cuticura, 80 cents;
Cuticura Soap. p cents; Cuticura Resolvent
Sl.00. Prepared by POTTER DRUG AND CHEM
ICAL Co., Boston.
Send for .aox to- Cure skin Diseases"
DINPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes, and
I'M Baby HumOrS. use CUTICURA SOAP.
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.-A special to the
Post Dispatch from Pine Hill says:
There has been good deal of excite
ment here lately over the work of II
gang of incendiaries who have infested
the city. Saturday night the cotton
gin of a man named Allen was set on
fire and burned to the ground; loss,
5000. Sunday night a public school
house and one of the churches were
destroyed by fire. Monday night a
sheriff's posse started in search of the
inceadiaries AMI found them some dis
lance from town. They resisted ar
rest and the posse opened fire upon
them, mortally wounding two, but the
third one of the party escaped.
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Tine Innrnary investigation.

CLEVELAND, Feb. S.-Before the
committee investigating the Summit
county infirmary at Akron, o.. to-day.
George Kick, eX-superintendent of the
insane department, testified that it had
been his duty to watch the insane
people. When they were at work in
the field they cared for themselves. II
washed the female as well as the male. -
he said. IAN insane woman kept the
door between the female and male de-
partments of the crazy house, He
told of two insane girls who had given
births to children in the institution.
He said he knew that the mail paupers
went into the rooms of the females.
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A change of mills per ton a mile
in the freight rates current on tine
Michigan Central means to that road q
gain in gross earnings of 100000 y
wear.
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DlsfranenieinR lGormons

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 9-Both
houses Of the legislature have passed
the bill diefrsnchising mormons in Ne
YAda.
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SAN Francisco, Feb. 10.-The bomb
which exploded prematurely i'll the
hands of crank at the Grand Opera
house last night was made of can filed
with powder, in the center of which
was a bottle. The can was wrapped
in pieces of cloth soaked in inflamma-
BILE oil, and it is believed the intention
was not only to kill Patti and those
near the stage, but also to set fire to
the building. 1t was arranged to ex-
plode by a number OF friction matches.
which connected with fuse inserted
into the powder. The theory is that
the fuse burned too quickly for the
crank.
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H0W ~ ACHES.

q Worn out with pain. but still com
TX PEELED by stern necessity 10 stand up
HI to the work before us and bear the
SN pain. Relief in One Minute In .
| ~ CusIcu.a Ant1-Pain Plaster for the
fTS aching sides and back, the weak and
painful muscles, the sore chest ana hacking
cough, and every pain and ache OF daily toll
Elegant new, original, speedy and infalltble.
At druggists &c; five for sl.UO: or, postage free,
of Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston
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RAILROAD lIEN STRIKE.
MINERS RESUME WORK.

PITTsBURG, Feb. IO-The Mononga-
hela miners resumed work this morn
ing in first, second and third pools.
The trouble in regard to the mining
rate pool promises to be amicably set
tied. The miners have evinced a dis
position to help their employers to fill
their contracts
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| INJURY DISABILITY, loss or Damage OF any
kind incurred, or in any degree referra-
BILE to their military service, including
| those who never reached the front at
| all and those discharged from rendes-
vous at the close of the war,
and discharged three months
| after enlistment Under the last call
of the president for troops in December
| 1884, II 1903 men were furnished, who
were thus discharged. The section
allowing this pension does, however
| require beside service of three months
and an honorable discharge, that those
seeking the benefit of the act shall bC
such as are now or may hereafter b
suffering from mental or physical disa
bility not the result of their own vicious
habits or gross carelessneSS, which inca
pacitates them from the performance
of labor in such degree as to rende
them unable to earn support, and Wit
are dependent on their daily labor 10
support. It provides further that sucl
persons shan, upon making proof OF tn
fact, be placed on the list of invalid pen
sioners of the United States. and b
entitled to receive for such total inabili
ty to procure their subsistence by dali,
labor. S12 per month, and such pension
shall commence from the date of tn
. filing of the application in the pensioH
ONCE, on proof that the disability thel
existed and continued during the exist
: ence of the same in the degree herei
, provided; that persons who are no1
receiving pensions under existing law
or whose claims are pending in the per
sion Office may by application to tn
/. commissioner of pensions in such forI
{ as he may prescribe, receive the benef
? of this action. 1t is manifestly Of th
) utmost Importance that statutes, which
1 ike pension laws, should be admins
! tered as measures Of beney'
2 lence in behalf of worth
= | beneiciaries, should admit of I
uncertainty as to their general objec
and consequences. Upon careful CO..
sideration of the language of the Sc
ton of this bill above given, it seems
n me to be SO uncertain and liable to SUD
3 conflicting constructions and TO be Il
q subject Of such unjust and mischie
!. ious application as TO alone furniI
sufficient ground e0f Disappearing Z
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the same serious conditions prevail
and merchants have abandoned their
stores. Specials to the Evening Jour
nal from other points are to the same
effect, but Lyons seems To he the worst
sufferer. Fred Winters of Charlotte,
was drowned, when trying to cross
Thornapple river.
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The secretary Of the navy has given
orders to have the following vessels at
San Francisco prepared for the purpose
of being appraised by the board of in
spection: The Cyanie, Lackawanna,
Shenandoah and Wachusett.
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vetoed Pension Bin.

Ex. Mansion, wash, Feb. II. I
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AsSTsTINe InacrRs

Senator Sabin to-day introduced a
bill authorizing the secretary of the in
terror to permit persons who are en-
gagged in cutting logs on small streams
that flow through Indian reservations
to make necessary improvements in
may be required to float the logs
through rapids or shallow places.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-15
Reec,,er,a wan.

line following is The Will of The late
Henry Ward Beecher:
In the name of God, amen, l, Henry
Ward Beecber, OF the city OF Brooklyn,
and state OF New York, hereby revoking
all former wills by me heretofore made,
do make, publish and declare this 10 be
my last will and testament.
l. hereby authorize and direct my
executors, and such OF them as shall
qualify upon my death, to collect and
receive the amount of my life insurance
to invest the came and pay the proceeds
OF such Investment to my wife during
her lite in equal quarter yearly payments
2. hereby give, bequeath and devise
unto my executors, or such of them Of
shall qualify, the net residue and re-
mainder OF my estate, both real and per-
sonal of every kind, in trust for the
benefit of my chill iren; and hereby
direct that my said executors distribute
and apportion my said estate among my
said children in such manner and form
and at such time or times as shall in theil
Judgment be for the best interests of my
said children, giving unto my said exc
cutors full power to sell and mortgage
such and so much OF my real and per
sonRi property as they shall deem best
and to invest or distribute the proceeds
of such sale or sales as herein provided
3. 1t is my will that if any OF my said
children should die before the complete
distribution of my estate, as above pro-
vieed, leaving issue OF them surviving
that auch issue shall stand and take il
place and stead of their parent, taking
per STRIPES and not per capita.
=. A + nk,ryS L.,
appoint my sons, Henry b. Bsecher
VIM. O. Beecher and Herbert f. Beechel
all Of Brooklyn, New York, and my son
in-law, Rev. Samuel Scoville, of Norwich
New York, executors and trustees of thi
my will and it is my will thai no bond
shall be required of them or either o.
them.
3uly, ii, 1878.
(Signed) HENRY WARD BEEoHER.
The witnesses are A. s. Barnes and +
d. Blake, of Brooklyn.